Which household room light option do you mainly use?

Interesting poll! I have only just started to use auto lights, because it only just hit me that the lights are constantly switched on! Lol... after all these years.

And I hadn't even thought of doing different options either. So now I might try having a few left on always, having some dimmed etc.

"joRN1414;c-17676187" wrote:

"Beardedgeek;c-17675899" wrote:

"joRN1414;c-17675896" wrote:
and I always change them all to cool white to get rid of the yellow tinge. If I use candles I will most times set those to always-on after I set auto lights.

Heh. I am the opposite. I find most houses from the gallery are way too sharply lit. I prefer to have spotted table lights and then floor lamps with a soft glow, so very shadowy rooms with interesting light / dark differences.

I tried that but everything seems just too underlit. You do have a point though, so I'm going to try it. I tend to use a lot of windows too, and that provides some of the same effects in rooms my Sim isn't in. lol.

Part of it, unfortunately, seems to be a graphic card / screen issue; I remember already back in 2014 when people universally yelled at the devs because everything was too dark and I had no issues. I suspect that's because I had (for the time) an high end gaming laptop that could properly render soft lights so it actually made a difference. Proper lighting effects is one of those things that actually take more out of a computer than you think it does.

Another thing is to remember that even if you use spotted lights and soft lights, to pretend it's you living there. Hence yes, a reading spotlight by a couch might have a small spread, but should be very bright over the actual couch. And so on.

Most rooms on Auto Lights except the lamps outside the front and back doors and the kids night light

Auto lights on keeps the bills lower :) I also shut lights off in rooms where babies are and just keep a lamp on.

"Beardedgeek;c-17676603" wrote:

"joRN1414;c-17676187" wrote:

"Beardedgeek;c-17675899" wrote:

"joRN1414;c-17675896" wrote:
and I always change them all to cool white to get rid of the yellow tinge. If I use candles I will most times set those to always-on after I set auto lights.

Heh. I am the opposite. I find most houses from the gallery are way too sharply lit. I prefer to have spotted table lights and then floor lamps with a soft glow, so very shadowy rooms with interesting light / dark differences.

I tried that but everything seems just too underlit. You do have a point though, so I'm going to try it. I tend to use a lot of windows too, and that provides some of the same effects in rooms my Sim isn't in. lol.

Part of it, unfortunately, seems to be a graphic card / screen issue; I remember already back in 2014 when people universally yelled at the devs because everything was too dark and I had no issues. I suspect that's because I had (for the time) an high end gaming laptop that could properly render soft lights so it actually made a difference. Proper lighting effects is one of those things that actually take more out of a computer than you think it does.

Another thing is to remember that even if you use spotted lights and soft lights, to pretend it's you living there. Hence yes, a reading spotlight by a couch might have a small spread, but should be very bright over the actual couch. And so on.

Good point. I have an old graphics card, and everything is definitely underlit for me.

I only auto lights for bedrooms and bathrooms. Kitchens, living/family, and dinning room lights always stay on.

I use auto lights.

I use auto-light for bedrooms and bathrooms, and always on for the main living areas. Outdoor lights are always on, as well as the lamps.

I'm frugal by nature, so it makes sense to have the lights only go on when a Sim enters the room and then go off when the room is not occupied. That would be great in a RL house full of children … Trying to teach my kids that power costs real money, but I digress.

I like to put on auto-lights, but not in main areas, and will leave 1 light on to dimly light a hallway, bathroom, or bedroom for example.

I would like to start trying to turn half of a main room's lights to auto-light, just like if you were still awake and were going to come back at some point, like table lamps being left on.